Time is invisible, but yet so strong of a force that we can't control. All we can do is LIVE in it to the best of our abilities, n'est-ce pas? I love your creations, SO LOVELY! May the time you do have be spent in blissful creativity and muses. Thank you so much for another year of inspiration, and maybe one day we will meet in California! Anita

Happy New Year Dore!I love your new timeless creations, they remind me of how precious time is, & how fast it slips away.I'm so glad I have your lovely blog to visit and be inspired by. Thank you for sharing some of your creativity along with such beautiful words.

I wish you an amazing year filled with all that you love.xo,GailCasualLovesElegance

Happy New Year Dore. May 2014 bring much love, happiness and so much inspiration to you. I look forward to seeing the beauty your blog always brings.Happiest of times are wished for you in this new year.Kris

Doré,2014 brings a new year of inspiration from you and your endless creativity of crafting unique beauty.I really enjoy altered artwork. I've made a few pieces through the years, but I will say with great admiration, your salvaged altered time piece is way too cool.XOXO,Vera

Doré,2014 brings a new year of inspiration from you and your endless creativity of crafting unique beauty.I really enjoy altered artwork. I've made a few pieces through the years, but I will say with great admiration, your salvaged altered time piece is way too cool.XOXO,Vera

Happy Birthday Dore! Isn't it exciting to be faced with a whole year to be inspired, to create and make a few dreams come true along the way!Looking forward to seeing what you share this year!Happy New Year to you and Hannah!

How lovely, Dore! This is a reminder that the New Year and how it passes depends much on what we do with the precious time we are given. I hope to keep this in mind as the year moves along. Thanks for the sweet reminder!

Dear Dore, I was instantly smiling when I saw you had posted. I too am welcoming 2014 with renewed passion. The clocks are fabulous! To me they represent a past not forgotten. As we begin anew in 2014 remembering a different time, and place, brings purpose, helps create beauty again, to something most would think no longer has reverence, or use.... and stopped time resumes. A new life begins from old. Your ability to create such soulful pieces amazes me. I can't wait to see what you create throughout the upcoming year! xoxox Christel

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I am French and Irish born in Southern California, yet spent a great number of years in the bay area of Northern California. When I moved back to the Southern part in 1986-87 I was on the brink of a new life. I have two children, a son Travis, and a daughter Hannah who have a beauty in expressing who they are. I am in the field of interior design, interior designer and home stager in decorating estate model homes residential, and commercial designs.
A design shop in the bay area co-opted with my mother was the strongest influence in the start of it all. Artist in fine art. My favorite time of any day is making time to create. I love to recycle and reimage found objects that then find their way into the hands and homes of a new place to rest.